Knight Capital Trading Statistics

Knight Capital KCG released trading statistics today. For the month of July 2012, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index increased 1.0%, 1.3% and 0.2%, respectively. During the same period, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) averaged 17.6. Knight's U.S. equity Market Making volumes were as follows: • Average daily U.S. equities market making volume traded in July 2012 was $19.0 billion, down approximately 2.4% from $19.5 billion in June 2012 and down approximately 17.3% from $23.0 billion in July 2011. • Average daily U.S. equities market making trade volume in July 2012 was 3.0 million, down approximately 6.4% from 3.2 million in June 2012, and down approximately 5.0% from 3.1 million in July 2011. • Average daily U.S. equities market making share volume in July 2012 was 3.3 billion, up approximately 8.0% from 3.1 billion in June 2012, and down approximately 9.6% from 3.7 billion in July 2011. Knight Direct recorded average daily equities share volume in July 2012 of 215.9 million, down approximately 0.9% from 217.8 million in June 2012, and up approximately 27.8% from 168.9 million in July 2011.* In U.S. equities there were 21 trading days in July 2012, 21 days in June 2012 and 20 days in July 2011.